High Performance Aluminum Radiators

Since 1976

There are many aluminum radiator
manufacturers around, and the term "quality" gets thrown around a lot. Ron Davis
Racing Products uses a completely different approach to quality. Most businesses
have to compromise between quality, costs, pricing, speed and customer service.
Ron Davis runs the company with the idea that quality is everything, and every
radiator will be perfect, or he will just close the doors. He has always
believed that if you build the best, you only compete with yourself and will
always have a market for those who demand the finest. If this thinking is used
in all internal manufacturing and office processes, defects are reduced,
automatically reducing manufacturing time, scrap, cost and customer service
issues.

To maintain this level of quality,
Ron Davis Racing Products employs Lean Manufacturing for
speed and waste reduction. This is the basis for the Toyota Production System
that Toyota has used to become the standard for automotive quality. Lean
Manufacturing attacks seven different types of waste, including time waste and
material waste. Six Sigma Quality techniques pioneered in the aerospace industry
are used to further prevent defects. Each process is analyzed scientifically for
possible failures and they are prevented rather than being reworked. Major
processes are mapped for consistent results and failure prevention analysis. CAD
design and CNC sheet metal cutting is used that can hold .005" tolerance with
complete repeatability, so each radiator is exactly like the previous one and
fit is perfect every time. Human processes are mapped, standardized and
monitored for consistency, so personal variation is controlled and training is
consistent.

Metal grain is aligned during flat
pattern CAD layout to insure maximum strength at bends. Machine feeds and speeds
are analyzed for their effect on fit and finish, and fittings are checked on
go-no go gauges. All machine processes are tightly controlled for consistency. Kanban inventory processes insure detail parts
are always available while minimizing inventory costs. Furnace brazed
cores insure peak performance for years and eliminates the need for epoxy.
And aggressive fin counts for all application assure maximum cooling.
Aggressive fin counts are more expensive, and are therefore not used
widely in the industry, but Ron Davis Racing Product's racing experience
has determined that it maximizes cooling capacity for the hard to cool
applications.

Wins in every major racing title
have proven this to be a fact, not conjecture. Each core is annealed, and
the tubes are welded seam, rather than brazed lock seams. The fins are
multi-louvered for enhanced air turbulence to maximize heat rejection.
Each weld is show car quality, with consistent bead width, dab spacing and
penetration. New welders are not permitted to weld production units until
their weld quality meets Ron's high standards. Sheet metal details are
coated until the weld phase to prevent scratches, and the production work
surfaces are designed to prevent dents and dings, so each unit is free of
any mars in the base metal finish. Pressure testing at 32 psi insures each
unit is leak free and structurally sound. The end result of all this
effort and process control is a trouble-free radiator with the highest
level of performance that many call "art." Racers believe that failure is
not an option, and Ron Davis Racing Products is a company born and bred
from racing. This obsession with quality has built a strong repeat
customer base of those who need more than just an aluminum radiator-
they need the best.

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